8:00 – 9:20

Registration/breakfast/networking

9:20 – 9:30

Dr. Ken Fraunhoffer (Bristol-Myers Squibb)

Welcoming remarks

9:30 – 10:20

Professor Corinna Schindler (University of Michigan)

Iron(III)-Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis

Introduced by Professor Yalan Xing, William Paterson University

10:20 – 11:10

Dr. Ke Chen (Bristol-Myers Squibb)

Design and Development of the Commercial Process for a Tyk2 Inhibitor

Introduced by Dr. Ken Fraunhoffer (Bristol-Myers Squibb)

11:10 – 11:40

AM Coffee Break

11:40 – 12:30

Professor Todd Hyster (Princeton University)

Using Enzymes as Catalysts for Non-Natural Free Radical Reactions

Introduced by Dr. Mike Smith (Bristol-Myers Squibb)

12:30 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 2:20

Dr. Dani Schultz (Merck)

Remote Functionalization of C–H Bonds of Aliphatic Amines via Decatungstate Photocatalysis

Introduced by Dr. Sue Zultanski, Merck

2:20 – 3:10

Professor Noah Burns (Stanford University)

Synthesis and Study of Unusual Lipids

Introduced by Dr. Steve Silverman, Merck

3:10 – 3:40

PM Coffee Break

3:40 – 4:30

Professor Alex Radosevich (MIT)

Catalytic Synthetic Methods Based on P(III) ⇌ P(V) Redox Cycling

Introduced by Dr. Mike Zacuto, Celgene

4:30-4:40

Dr. Steve Silverman (Merck)

Concluding remarks